MonkRome

You should do what makes you happy, but you've made a few of assumptions in these comments. The Linux of today is a lot more stable and user friendly than the linux of a decade ago. I installed Linux Mint a few months ago, easier to install than windows. It installed all drivers with no issues, without added input from me, worked perfectly from day 1. It as faster and more stable. Was basically a 5 minute install. I'm not a linux fanboy, I basically moved because windows 11 is malware and i didn't want to upgrade past win 10, it was requiring more maintenance than linux. Windows is no longer software as a service, it's made all of your data the product to sell everything to companies and governments, just like social media. By all means stay off Linux if you don't think you'll like it.

There is a word for intrusive, unwanted software that intervenes in your work to advertise or engage you in unwanted interaction. The same word describes software that constantly monitors and exfiltrates what’s going on between you and your data.

Malware

I don't so much love Linux as hate Windows 11.

It's so easy to not buy games. When was the last good game they made? I guess I'll continue to ignore their catalog.

Are windows other collisions? I think we had 3-6 birds die hitting windows just this last year. Put up some window stickers hoping for a better result, but I have to think windows kill more than all others combined.

People were considered adults at an earlier age prior to the industrial revolution, but surprisingly this article implies 25 is a fairly close guess. https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/average-age-of-conception-throughout-human-history/151423/

Good point.

Today a 1 state solution is impossible, but someday it will have to be possible or the violence will never end, imo. As long as there are 2 states there will always be people that want to take it all for their "side".

I agree with most of what you said, but I'm a little confused by this section:

On the other hand, Palestinians were very welcoming to the first Jewish immigrants. Their violence started long after the colonial violence of the Zionists. If you want to learn more, I recommend Ten Myths about Israel by Ilan Pappe, an Israeli historic an who says he loves his people but also every other people.

Whatever your views of post 1948 Israel, Jews and Arabs were both regularly killing each other in Palestine prior to the creation of Israel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_killings_and_massacres_in_Mandatory_Palestine

Additionally during the Ottoman empire, when modern Zionism and Jewish immigration started, Jews were moving there fleeing persecution in Russia and Europe. They were a poor underclass when they arrived. Not all Jewish immigrants were Zionist, history suggests most were not. But even those that were, were met with Syrian and Arab nationalists that wished to keep the Ottoman empire Arab. Jews created their own defense very early on in a handful of small farming communities.

The history leading up to the creation of Israel is really not pretty for anyone, Jews or Arab. But you seem to be painting a picture where "loving Arabs opened their arms and welcomed in the Jews only to be betrayed." That doesn't seem to be how history is recorded. It seems problematic to paint history through a modern lens, if Israel was never created we would be recounting all of the awful things Jews endured under Ottoman rule and Mandated Palestine.

The problem is really with the creation of 2 states. Most Jews would have likely slowly integrated if Israel was never created. But by creating Israel they emboldened the Zionist nationalists. To me the real issue is with the creation of a Jewish state at the detriment of non Jews living there. We need a 1 state solution.

I don't think Chapelle deserves the level of hate he's received, but he was certainly punching down in his bid to play oppression Olympics. His whole point was one of being jealous that black people have a much longer road to acceptance that trans people. The problem is, because of his discomfort with the topic, his jokes fell flat, which leaves only the punching down. If you're going to cross the line, you better be funny, or people will only see malice.

I really enjoyed the Machineries of Empire by Yoon Ha Lee, a trilogy. Then I read everything else by yoon ha lee, mostly good, the Thousand Worlds series was a bit clunky at the start.

Hands down, it's first by a mile. It's in a field of it's own. I also doubt I'll ever watch something as good again. Though I will say, the first season is the worst of all the seasons, and one might not understand what they are missing if they stop there.

Iirc somewhat like the fish

Well every minute they're alive feels like an eternity, even if they die early. The peak age of death is 84, even though the average is lower. If Trump dies before that age while getting the best healthcare in the world, it will still feel like he lived forever.